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โก๏ธThere is a false claim circulating online that Ukraine allegedly provided the US with โdistorted intelligenceโ that was later used by russia.
This is a deliberate conspiracy theory that was voiced in foreign media without any facts to back it up. (1/4)
This is a deliberate conspiracy theory that was voiced in foreign media without any facts to back it up. (1/4)
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Claims about an โinevitable breakdownโ in the partnership between Ukrainian and American intelligence services are also false. In reality, Ukraine continues to cooperate with its allies and partners in the field of security, and the exchange of information continues. (2/4)
This disinformation is being spread in a number of russian public groups, as well as on social media by fake accounts with the aim of undermining trust between Ukraine and key Western partners, especially in the context of the dialogue on the peace plan. (3/4)
A Constitution eligibility requirement to hold office of @POTUS @VP is being a natural born citizen = US born to US citizen parents. If Grok is asked it WRONGLY states just being US born is a natural born citizen. US born to NON-CITIZEN parents wouldn't be citizens at all if we weren't accepting birthright citizenship wrongly conferring US citizenship. Grok is programmed to enable future Constitution usurpation as by Barack Obama and Kamala Harris. Neither is a natural born citizen. Its IGNORED. usatoday.com/story/news/natโฆ
@FFT1776 @POTUS @VP Grok will wrongly state that a natural born citizen is ANYONE US born. A natural born citizen is US born to US citizen parents. US citizenship may be acquired by 14thAmend naturalization process but 14thAmend does not make one a natural born citizens. 
@FFT1776 @POTUS @VP @POTUS @realDonaldTrump appointee @PaulIngrassia wrote @NikkiHaley is not eligible then neither is @marcorubio because their citizenship status mirrors each other. Both are US born to NON-CITIZEN parents. amgreatness.com/2024/01/01/theโฆ
We're living in the era of the performative grind.
Weโve confused "show work" with "grow work."
One is optimized for being seen by others.
The other is optimized for actually getting better.
We've traded actual progress for the appearance of it.
Weโve confused "show work" with "grow work."
One is optimized for being seen by others.
The other is optimized for actually getting better.
We've traded actual progress for the appearance of it.
Show work is effort designed for the algorithm.
Itโs the early morning cold plunge picture.
Itโs the carefully curated stack of books on your desk.
The goal shifts from mastery to signaling expertise or achievement to an audience.
And over time...when you prioritize the image, you neglect the substance.
Itโs the early morning cold plunge picture.
Itโs the carefully curated stack of books on your desk.
The goal shifts from mastery to signaling expertise or achievement to an audience.
And over time...when you prioritize the image, you neglect the substance.
First, it changes our actual drive.
Your brain knows what you value...and it isn't the work!
You start performing struggle instead of actually experiencing it.
You look for the "struggle" that films well and ignore the kind that actually changes you.
You miss the entire point of the challenge.
Growth requires a vulnerability that social media doesn't reward.
Your brain knows what you value...and it isn't the work!
You start performing struggle instead of actually experiencing it.
You look for the "struggle" that films well and ignore the kind that actually changes you.
You miss the entire point of the challenge.
Growth requires a vulnerability that social media doesn't reward.
Do you know why he portrayed her with Firey hair?
Velikovsky did...
Key tenets of Velikovsky's theory:
Venus as a Comet: Venus was once a comet ejected from Jupiter, roaming the solar system.
Close Encounters: This "cometary Venus" had several near-misses or collisions with Earth and Mars, particularly around 1500 BCE.
Earth's Catastrophes: These encounters caused:Earth's rotation to stop or slow dramatically (explaining Joshua's miracle).
Axis tilts, continental shifts, and massive floods.
Deposition of hydrocarbon-rich "manna" (oil drops) in the Sinai.
Mars's Role: Mars also had close contacts with Venus and Earth, causing further havoc in the 8th and 7th centuries BCE.
Hmmmm.
x.com/LouisSLuzzoSr/โฆ
Velikovsky did...
Key tenets of Velikovsky's theory:
Venus as a Comet: Venus was once a comet ejected from Jupiter, roaming the solar system.
Close Encounters: This "cometary Venus" had several near-misses or collisions with Earth and Mars, particularly around 1500 BCE.
Earth's Catastrophes: These encounters caused:Earth's rotation to stop or slow dramatically (explaining Joshua's miracle).
Axis tilts, continental shifts, and massive floods.
Deposition of hydrocarbon-rich "manna" (oil drops) in the Sinai.
Mars's Role: Mars also had close contacts with Venus and Earth, causing further havoc in the 8th and 7th centuries BCE.
Hmmmm.
x.com/LouisSLuzzoSr/โฆ
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It is Weekend No. 7 and (as I have been doing for the past six weeks), I will now review Chapter 7 of "Visions of Inequality". It has become the most controversial part of the book b/c of its strong critique of lack of concern of neoclassical economics with income distribution.
It asks the Q: why were neoclassicists uninterested in income distribution? It provides three reasons: endogenous evolution of economics away from class structure to individual "agents" (that are all fundamentally identical); political reasons (the Cold War) and funding of the research by the rich.
It is important to realize (and very few people have) that the chapter opens up with a review of inequality studies in systems of state ownership of the means of production and makes an analogy between the denial of class structure in these societies and under capitalism; and thus why both were uninterested in studying income distribution.
No concern with class => no concern with inequality.
The most that neoclassical economics ever did in inequality studies was mere empiricism. Nothing else. No integrative study of inequality, no theories of how inequality is determined nor how it would evolve. It was in true sense what Marx called "vulgar political economy". One such example is Alan Blinder's "Theories of income distribution".
No concern with class => no concern with inequality.
The most that neoclassical economics ever did in inequality studies was mere empiricism. Nothing else. No integrative study of inequality, no theories of how inequality is determined nor how it would evolve. It was in true sense what Marx called "vulgar political economy". One such example is Alan Blinder's "Theories of income distribution".
@ChrisOsieck 1).
โNational Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir called to resume war in the Strip:
โ ยปGaza does not need any "executive boards" to oversee its "reconstruction" โ it needs ... massive encouragement of voluntary immigrationยซ.
โNational Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir called to resume war in the Strip:
โ ยปGaza does not need any "executive boards" to oversee its "reconstruction" โ it needs ... massive encouragement of voluntary immigrationยซ.
@ChrisOsieck 2).
โ ยปThe Gaza Strip is a part of our ancestral homeland, and there is no place for any hostile entity or "Executive Board" thereยซ โ the far-right minister added.โ
Jan. 17, 2026
@haaretzcom (@Haaretz) archive.ph/3b2fo
โ ยปThe Gaza Strip is a part of our ancestral homeland, and there is no place for any hostile entity or "Executive Board" thereยซ โ the far-right minister added.โ
Jan. 17, 2026
@haaretzcom (@Haaretz) archive.ph/3b2fo
@ChrisOsieck @haaretzcom @Haaretz Please unroll @threadreaderapp. Thank you in advance ๐
๐งต THREAD: Silver & the End Game nobody wants to talk about ๐งต
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Trump just announced 10% tariffs on EU & UK starting Feb 1, 2026, rising to 25% by June 1, 2026.
The UK hosts the LBMA.
This is not politics.
This is a physical metals logistics shock.
Trump just announced 10% tariffs on EU & UK starting Feb 1, 2026, rising to 25% by June 1, 2026.
The UK hosts the LBMA.
This is not politics.
This is a physical metals logistics shock.
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Weโve seen this movie before.
Last time tariff risk appeared:
physical silver rushed out of London
into the U.S.
silver traded in steep backwardation
COMEX came dangerously close to breaking
Today the system is far weaker.
Weโve seen this movie before.
Last time tariff risk appeared:
physical silver rushed out of London
into the U.S.
silver traded in steep backwardation
COMEX came dangerously close to breaking
Today the system is far weaker.
France is pushing for the EU to use its tough anti-coercion law to respond to Trumpโs trade blackmail on Greenland, according to French government sources reported in the press today. The EU has โrobustโ legal weapons to defend itself, the sources said 1/
lefigaro.fr/economie/en-diโฆ
lefigaro.fr/economie/en-diโฆ
.@EmmanuelMacron, who has debounced Trumpโs attempts to โintimidateโ the EU, has made a series of calls to other European leaders last night and today. He is considering whether to seek a meeting with Trump at the Davos conference this week 2/
The EU anti-coercion law, introduced three years ago, gives Brussels wide powers to retaliate economically against any country which seeks to impose its will on individual EU countries or the union as a whole. It has never been used until now 3/
@rothschildmd 1).
โAhilan Arulanantham [1] [2] [3] [4] [5], prof. and co-director of UCLA School of Lawโs Center for Immigration Law and Policy, explains when U.S. citizens must show proof of citizenship, whether ID is required, and what the law says about police and immigration encounters.โ
โAhilan Arulanantham [1] [2] [3] [4] [5], prof. and co-director of UCLA School of Lawโs Center for Immigration Law and Policy, explains when U.S. citizens must show proof of citizenship, whether ID is required, and what the law says about police and immigration encounters.โ
@rothschildmd 2).
Jan. 16, 2026
Endnotes:
[1] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahilan_Arโฆ
[2] @UCLA_Law law.ucla.edu/faculty/facultโฆ
[3] @UCLA newsroom.ucla.edu/experts/ahilanโฆ
[4] @YaleLawSch law.yale.edu/studying-law-yโฆ
[5] @just_security justsecurity.org/author/arulanaโฆ
Source:
@NBCLA nbclosangeles.com/news/national-โฆ
Jan. 16, 2026
Endnotes:
[1] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahilan_Arโฆ
[2] @UCLA_Law law.ucla.edu/faculty/facultโฆ
[3] @UCLA newsroom.ucla.edu/experts/ahilanโฆ
[4] @YaleLawSch law.yale.edu/studying-law-yโฆ
[5] @just_security justsecurity.org/author/arulanaโฆ
Source:
@NBCLA nbclosangeles.com/news/national-โฆ
@rothschildmd @UCLA_Law @UCLA @YaleLawSch @just_security @NBCLA Please unroll @threadreaderapp. Thank you in advance ๐
@misfitpatriot_ Burning a Quran in protest is generally not illegal in the US due to strong protections for free speech under the First Amendment but if it were done to incite imminent lawless action and is likely to do so, as here, under Brandenburg v Ohio, it is possibly prosecutable.
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@misfitpatriot_ Authorities can enforceย time, place, and manner restrictions, such as requiring permits for outdoor fires or prohibiting fires that pose safety risks.
If the rules are content neutral they are fine.
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If the rules are content neutral they are fine.
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@misfitpatriot_ Although such acts are legally protected, they are widely condemned as offensive & provocative. Legal scholars emphasize that protecting controversial speech upholds democratic principles, even when the message is deeply offensive to many.ย
There's no right not to be offended.
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There's no right not to be offended.
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Daily Archaeology 55#
Here's a thread of ancient Jewish history coins found in Israel.
How many of them can you recognize?
(Let's see if threads still work on this platform.) ๐งต๐
Here's a thread of ancient Jewish history coins found in Israel.
How many of them can you recognize?
(Let's see if threads still work on this platform.) ๐งต๐
1/11 The Yehud Coin (4th century BCE).
From the Persian period, these small silver drachms bear the Aramaic inscription "Yehud" (Judea). Found in sites like Jerusalem and Bethel, they mark the first coins minted by Jews under foreign rule, symbolizing early autonomy.
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From the Persian period, these small silver drachms bear the Aramaic inscription "Yehud" (Judea). Found in sites like Jerusalem and Bethel, they mark the first coins minted by Jews under foreign rule, symbolizing early autonomy.
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![Reverse of a Yehud coin from the Persian era, with lily (symbol of Jerusalem)[1] By Fiddler7 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4513133](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G-8CdefWAAAsrfU.png)
2/11 Hezekiah Governor Coin (350 BCE).
The image of Hezekiah with the Persian title 'governor' or 'Starap'.
The Hebrew inscription reads: YแธคZQKYH HPแธคH (Yehezkiya the peha).
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The image of Hezekiah with the Persian title 'governor' or 'Starap'.
The Hebrew inscription reads: YแธคZQKYH HPแธคH (Yehezkiya the peha).
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In response to this thread on BlueSky, Eliot Higgins referred to his VDA framework and described Discourse Absolutism, operating through simulated verification and performative deliberation, with accountability shifted away from perpetrators. I thought it valuable to share here.
Discourse Absolutism treats one cause (e.g. Palestine) as absolute moral ground. Critique of perceived aligned actors in the โAxis of Resistanceโ, centred on Iran, is framed as betrayal, making moral consistency secondary to ideological loyalty.
Simulated Verification is performing the aesthetics of evidence-based analysis without accepting its implications. Reports are shared when they indict Israel, but the same OSINT is called โpropagandaโ when it indicts Assad or Iran. Praise lasts until boundaries are crossed.
